My telegram 26th July D.1304 and connected telegrams [1]-SIAM.

The Japanese surrender has overtaken our plans for Siam. The
position of Siam herself is anomalous since she has not played the
part in her own liberation which had been expected and ostensibly
she still remains the associate of Japan.

2. There are, however, special circumstances which must be taken
into account. Much assistance has been given by the Siamese
resistance movement to our underground activities and the Regent
[2] with whom we have been in contact through Secret channels made
it known to S.A.C.S.E.A. and to the United States Government that
he was prepared to set up a new Government for action against the
Japanese. He was, however, advised both by Admiral Mountbatten
with our approval and by the United States Government against
taking this action which would then have been militarily
premature.

3. In these circumstances we are disposed to shape our policy
towards Siam according to the readiness which she may now show to
make restitution for the past and to co-operate in the future. But
it is for the Regent to take the initiative to make this possible.

4. As the matter is now extremely urgent it seems essential to
take immediate action and S.A.C.S.E.A. has been authorised to
arrange for instructions to be sent to our representative in touch
with Siamese resistance movement that if he sees no objection and
subject to any developments in Siam he should give it as his
personal advice to the Regent that as soon as possible after the
final Japanese surrender he would be well advised to make an
announcement disavowing his country's declaration of war upon
Great Britain and the United States and all measures flowing from
it which may operate to the prejudice of the Allies; repudiating
the alliance and all other agreements with Japan placing his
country and its armed forces at the service of the Allies and
declaring his readiness to send a representative to get into touch
with the Allies. The announcement might state that the Regent had
let it be known to the United Kingdom and United States
Governments at an earlier stage that the resistance movement
wished to initiate overt action against the Japanese and had only
refrained from such action on the express advice of the Allies
based on operational grounds. The Regent would not be expected to
make his announcement until after the moment of Japanese
surrender.

5. The above is of course without prejudice to further
consultation on conditions on which we shall be prepared to
recognise and collaborate with a Siamese Government which has
repudiated the Japanese connection. We are reviewing conditions
previously telegraphed in order to bring them into line with the
changed circumstances and bearing in mind comments received from
other British Commonwealth Governments.